You don’t typically hear the words “healthy” and “french toast” in the same sentence, right? At least, not the way I normally make them–with sugar in the egg & milk dip, with enough oil in the skillet to get a nice sugary cripsy crust around the edges, and with plenty of butter and syrup. Tasty? Yes. Healthy? Notsomuch. So on my “no added sugar” diet, I had to come up …
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Home Canned: Peach Mango Drink Concentrate
My mom is on a drink concentrate kick (and I get to benefit!) One of my many goals in canning is to stock my pantry with simpler homemade versions of treats that we enjoy. Instead of buying soda or koolaid, we can make canned drink concentrates for special treats. Concentrates are made with fruit, lemon or lime juice and sugar. Yes, it has sugar in it (and the regular recipe …
Home Canned Pasta Sauce
Until a few weeks ago I’d never eaten homemade pasta sauce (let alone home CANNED pasta sauce.) NEVER. I’ve always bought canned sauce from the store. After making and trying homemade pasta sauce I feel like my tastebuds have been cheated for the past 33 years. Seriously. Our first batch of pasta sauce didn’t last very long so this week I helped my mom make some more! For this batch …